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Table of Contents <br />L Introduction <br />II. Procedures and Summary of Bond Release Process <br />III. Criteria for Bond Release <br />IV. Observations and Findings <br />V. Proposed Decision <br />Attachments: <br />Table 1. Summary of All Bond Release Acreages <br />Table 2. Summary of All Bond Release Amounts <br />Table 3. Specifications for Drainage Ditches <br />Table 4. Summary of SL -07 Bond Release Amounts <br />Figure 1. West Pit — approximate locations of GPS points for elevation check <br />Figure 2. East Pit — approximate locations of GPS points for elevation check <br />Figure 3. West Taylor Fill — approximate locations of GPS points for elevation check <br />Figure 4. Revised Map (Exhibit 1) — reduced West Pit parcel areas <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and <br />Safety (Division) in response to a request for Phase I Bond Release at the Colowyo Mine, Permit <br />Number C- 1981 -019, bond release application number SL -07. The package contains five parts. <br />These include: 1) Introduction; 2) Procedures and Summary of the Bond Release Process; 3) <br />Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; 4) Observations and Findings of the Division regarding <br />compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and <br />Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated there under; and 5) the Division's Proposed Decision <br />on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this <br />document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and <br />reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located <br />at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Colowyo Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by the Colowyo Coal <br />Company, LP ( Colowyo). The total permit area encompasses 29,075.74 acres. The Colowyo <br />Mine is located approximately 25 miles north of the town of Meeker, CO and 25 miles south of <br />the town of Craig, CO in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties off of Colorado State Highway 13. <br />Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance August 2013 <br />Partial Phase I Bond Release SL -07 Page 1 <br />